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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
WILL NOT WEAR HIMSELF OUT.
An Editor Who Expects to Sit i'm His
Chair and Live Forever.

An Editor Who Expects to Sit I'm His
Chair and Live Forever.
We are ayerse to betraying screts OF
the editorial door, but we feel compelled
to put before the public the curious Ian
guagen and the more curious doings OF
Mr.. Wallace p. Reed, an esteemed mem
Der of The Constitution staff.
Mr.. Reed says: 'If you will sit down
and stay down you will live forever. 1t
is exercise that wears a man out. The
man who sits is the man who lasts"
Mr. Reed has long practised his newly de-
clared philosophy. He has never been in
the Kimball house. Only once in five
years has he been in the Union depot. 1t
is six years since he saw Whitehall street
and fifteen since he saw McDonough.
He has been to the theatre once in four
years and never to baseball.
His home, by the air line he takes, is
800 yards from the office. Twice a day
he walks this. For five years he has not
averaged fifty yards day extra walking.
| One pair of shoes has lasted him three
years. He carries an umbrella always
and never looks beyond its bending rim.
One day his umbrella was pushed aside
rudely, and looking out he saw half a
dozen elephants and some camels cross
| ing the path. He carefully picked his
way through the unexpected caravan and
on reaching the Office remarked that there
must be a circus in town.
Here, then is the man who sits. For
twelve hours every day he sits at his
desk; four hours he sits at home. II
! takes twelve minutes to walk 300 yards
four times each day. He sleeps seven
and half hours. His health is perfect.
| His appetite is keen, his brain clear and
| his capacity for work remarkable. He
is never sick Il day or an hour or a min
ute. He is genial, fresh, bright and
does not age a shade. His knowledge of
men and things is unusual. The only
character in books that perplexes him is
"The Wandering jew" ~ cannot
understand" he says, chow he lived SO
long when he was continually moving
about He has never seen Grants park
or Peters park, and says he will proba
bly, never see Whitehall street again OF
ever look upon the new capitol.
II do not care to wear myself out, )" he
says, therefore l sit down. Col. Thomp'
son, who wrote Major Jones' Courtship,
was man who sat. For years and years
he never left his Office except to go, all
line, to his home. He saw whole genera
tions of fellows who walk perish of grad
ual exhaustion and at something above
80 years, in full possession Of his facul
ties, he smiled placidly at the numbering
young ines-in-breeches, who
were at forty running uneven and worr
on their joints. The best prescription {
doctor can give in nine cases out of ten il
sit down. The men who sit are the
men who stay; the men who fit are gonc
in day. You see that poetry even i!
not impossible to him who sitsr'-At
lanta Constitution.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
Bismarck's Model Household.

On the score of morals the German
statesman is irreproachable. His affec
tion for his wife and children is deep, ant
in return he is made the object of con
slant attentions His slumbers, his mo
ments of leisure, and even his amuse
ments are carefully guarded against in
terruption by his family, who forestall
his slightest wishes, share in his pleas.
ures and seek to make him forget his
cares. In this respect the princes is in,
deed model household. So charming
is his home that the chancellor never &C.
cepts any invitations except those of the
emperor. He never goes to theatres, tc
banquets, or to balls
Still he is very hospitable, and the
guest chambers at Varzin and Friedrichs
ruhe are frequently occupied by distin'
guished men. In Berlin he receives the
masculine portion of the "Corps Diplo
matique" once year, and frequently
gives parliamentary dinners which have
political significance. The chancellor
is an interesting talker, having an mex
haustiblc fund of anecdote which ht
draws upon the more readily as he is SURE
| of the strictest attention. He does not
brook contradiction, and his excessive ir
| ritability sometimes leads to unpleasan,
scenes, for which, however, he has tn,
politeness to apologize when his ill-hu
NOR is spent.-New York Graphic.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
An Ex-Circus Clowns Sermon.

A few Sundays ago a street preacher
mounted coal box at an Eleventh
venue corner and gathered q mob
TO listen to discourse that would
have been q credit to Sam Jones.
1t was an able-bodied sermon, sprink-
led with jests and familiar philos-
ophizings of very chestnuty flavor.
I had watched the speaker for little
while when it suddenly occurred to me
that knew him. He had been circus
clown, and had often seen him in the
ring, and met him out of it. If it had
not been for the sawdusty aroma of his
jokes should probably not have identified
him. He professed great pleasure at the
recognition, and set to work to convert
me on the spot. II am still unregener.
ate it is certainly for no fault of his, but
there way to tell the truth, q good deal
too much of the conventional can't of his
craft about his arguments to suit my
cynical composition. He told me one thing
worth retelling, which was that there are
half a dozen eX-circus clowns now en-
gagged in similar work to his, but notice
that they, like himself, never amounted
to much as clowns. The Jack puddings
may take to the pulpit, but the Grimaldis
stick to the tanbark.-Alfred Trumble
in New York News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
A House of Straw.

A house of straw is being constructed
in this city to be erected in the grounds of
the American exhibition in London,
where favorable site has been secured
for it, It is an American suburban villa
Of the most approved architectural design,
two and q half stories high and covering
a space of forty-two by fifty feet. 1t is
built entirely of material manufactured
from straw, the inside finish being q
handsome imitation of rosewood and
other hard woods. The building will be
devoted to the illustration of Philadel-
phia's commercial, financial and indus
trial interests by means of Photographic
views reproduced by the photo-print pro-
cess. The views will include the leading
banks, newspaper offices, exchanges,
schools, hotels, etc.
The second floor of the building will be
divided into offices, general exchange
for the transaction Of business connected
with the exhibits, and a reading ROOM
Philadelphia Times. ,.,.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

The Cleveland authorities have de-
cided to place Mrs. Mcbride in the asy-
lum, and she has doubtless ere this
been placed under treatment. Gener-
al Gibson, who is well versed in every
point of general and personal history
of Tiffin, gives to the public some adj
ditional points concerning the lady.
He says she is his neice, and has been
subject to spells of insanity for twenty
years past, and that her case is such
that nothing can be done but to confine
her in the asylum. She has widowed
sister ner Napoleon whose name is
Mrs. Watson. She has two daugh.
ters, one of whom is married and lives
in Antwerp. Mrs. Mcbride has been
divorced from her husband.-7y6m I'D.
rertiscr.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
A -
A Railroad Virgins Prediction.

"I predict" said friend of mine the
other day
Gan earthquake" asked.
"No; am railroad Virgins. pre-
dict regular hair raising advancement
in railroad time making. predict that
in the next twenty-five years the people
of the United States will see trains make
o speed of $50 miles an hour. My idea is
this: The railroad of to-day is too small
an affair; it is too crooked And too insic-
nificant. Take points like Chicago and
New York. An ordinary railroad is too
small an affair to do the business. Let q
mint of'capital build a road as straight as
the crow travels, from New York to Chi
cago. Let it go right straight through
regardless of hills, mountains and valleys.
Build track, say Is feet wide Let the
rails be as big-wcll as big around as q
sea serpent for instance. Then build an
engine with drivers ten feet high, every
thing heavy and strong in proportion 1
mean build great big railroad, as much
ahead of the present roads as the present
roads are ahead of stage coaches. Steam
up your big engine, pull the throttle
wide open and let her go! Give her q
straight track, clear the deck and I'll bet
she'd-well-I'l bet she would make the
fastest time of to-day ashamed of itself.
Mark me-what can be and is needed,
will be.-Atlanta Constitution.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
The Lining of the italian Coat.

They are the Italian peasants, pictur.
esque in dress, pleasing in manner, ac.
commodating up to certain point, will
ing to express sympathy or to fall in love
with your moods by their ready smiles
and tears. But one must be content
with the surface, there are ugly sights
beneath - hypocrisy, greed, avarice
cruelty, or, at least, stony h aartedness
superstition and irreligion. Their abso
lutte contentedness with themselves and
their own condition causes despair in
those who would seek to better them.--
'tOur Home by the Adriatic."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
Mr.. Rlnine,S Book.

A Boston publisher says that 100, 900
copies of the first volume of Blaine's book
were printed, and but $4,000 of the Sec
ond volume. The author gets royalty
of rs cents on each volume sold, which
will make his receipts, when the edition
is exhausted, $191, $50. If Mr.. Blaine
had known book publishing as well as
he knows politics he could have made
from $50, 900 to $75, 900 more, it is said
New York Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
r1appy Young Frencnmen.

A doctor has been deploring before the
French Academy of Medicine that young
France will not take to outdoor recrea-
tions. He wants to see strong and
healthy manhood and not flabby, weak
kneed jeanes gems. Bicycling has re
Gently been introduced, but has not made
much progress. Pierre and Paul prefer t.
spend their time in cafe or a brasserie,
with their coffee, their femmes, their
cards and dominoes.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
Candidates for state offices next fa

are being announced. And yet the
spring election is not over! Give us a
rest by eiecting State officers for four
years, dividing them so as to elect one
half in the autumn of the Presidential
election and the other half two years
later. Between these fall elections run
in the fall elections for the county, city,
ward and township officers. for two or
four year terms, and divided as above
suggested if deemed hest. Since every
official expects to he eand usually is re-
elected, four year term is equivalent
to reelection on two year term
Columbus Dispatch.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

One of the most ingenious mechanic
al devices recently introduced is a saw
without teeth, which will cut stee
rail in two minutes. The saw ia 3e
inches in diamater 3 of an inch thick
at the edge. The disk is made of Besse
mer steel and runs at very high rate
of speed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
A Democratic administration is strik

A Democratic administration is strik-
ing stalwart blows at the land grabbing
railroads. Owing to reckless non-com-
nliance with the terms of the immense
rants of land given them in days OF
Republican corruption, the railroads
have forfeited their rights to the land
and they now revert to the government
again and are open to sale. This is as
it should be. 1t is time to undo the
corrupt legislation Of corrupt period
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

The Christmas F,tck thus gives com
nonsense answer to rather absurd
question: A Chicago clergyman asks,
ECan man he a Christian and at the
some time successful business man?"
He can if he advertisps largely.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
A prisoner in the Ohio Penitentiar,

A prisoner in the Ohio PPnitentiarY
has taken off for good conduct for one
vear's sentence, so days; for three wears,
243 days; for five years, 440 days; for
seven years, $40 days; for ten years, 900
days; for fifteen years, 1900 days; for
twenty years, which is the highest
number of years that can be given short
"f life time, 1900 days or five years
Thus twenty years can be served out by
a man who never infringes upon the
penitentiary rules in fifteen years.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
AustraIia's Scientific Societies

The colonies Of Australia and the neigh
boring islands have some twenty scientific
societies, with membership of between
$500 and 5000. These organizations are
to meet in 1888 for the purpose of form.
ing an Australian association for the ad-
vancement of science, similar to the i'm.
portant associations now existing In Eng.
land, France and the United States.-
Arkansaw Traveller.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

Governor Hoadly who is in New
York says President Cleveland is grow,
ing stronger with the people every day
and that the Democrats of the Wes
will insist r,,rn his denomination.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

Itch, Prairie Mango, and Scratches of
every kind cured in thirty minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by D. j.
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06

The following information relating to pat
nts granted by the United States patent Of
ice, for the week ending Dec. 21st, 1885, as
compiled from the official records by the
Toward Bros, solicitors of patents, cor. 7th
and E SITS. n. W., Washington, D. c.:
Total granted to citizens of the U. S.:
Patents and designs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 392
Trademarks and labels. els.............. 25
Total granted to citizens of foreign coun-
tries:
Patents and designs Observation-Disclosures. 2G
trademarks and labels. ............... 5
Issued to residents Of Ohio
Lizzie Decker. Sanduskv county. pants.
J. W. Denmead. Akron. making files.
E. F. Dietericks. Cleveland. fodder block.
J. Donoghue, Cleveland. fool handle
Fl. M. Farnsworth. Cleveland. paper bag.
E. Fontane, Wagon works, railway-cross-
ing.
]. Given, Mount Lookout, attachment for
lawn mowers.
| S. Goodman. Dayton. shoe box label
J. Kirby, jr, Dayton. lamp.
| S. W. Martin, Springfield, pump.
E. R. Proctor, Washington Court House,
die for making rachel nuts.
| L. l.. Sagendorph, Cincinnati, shears.
J. M. Sanders, Morrisville, cultivator
tongue and shovel.
w, G. Winfield Warren. pressure blower.
| j. Whitman and N. B. Zingling, Seven
Mile, belt gearing.
| H. I. Zaryan, Toledo, vacuum evaporating
and distilling apparatus.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
Land for Salel

HEundeFsignedwillsellS 81 acres oiland stu /.
L atedin tine wesIhali Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS he Of
section IA, town ranges, aeresclear the oai-
ance timber land. Citleclear For further infor-
nationinquireoGW H Burnt on the adjoining
farm ,orof ANDREW SwARTS,
jamestown, Pa.
IplI2-s3ti MerceIOo.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-01-06
BrOFfrtU for Sair
FARM for SALE.

NH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o salttheJohls site
farm, consisting oil 90 acres about one-hal
cleared in ,ection Nc. .2S, 2S,Riebhelttownship, Hen
rycOunty, Ohio TeTmsreasonable
Noyl.tf. MARTIN KNUPP
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

Well, / do declare if it don't beat the
world what mighty sight OF things f.
G. Robins & Co. have got crammed into
their store. told ye last week was
going down there, and I've been and
got back. While | was down there, |
looked round and saw heaps OF new
tangled things. / see sign that said !:
Herring, 10 cents. give the clerk ten
cents. and told him guessed I'd take a
look at that chap. | often heerd tel on
suckers, but never see a real live one
cepting in Missouri. You ought too see
him grin. Come to find out it was the
name of kind of smoked fish, and not a
side-show at all. came mighty nigh
losing my parasol there was such a
crowd there q pushing and s-crowding up
to the counter where they were selling
Our Taste Hams, Bacon. and Oysters
cheap. | he'd a good mind to git half Of
what they had, and not trim my new
bunnit. but / knowd the old man would
think was gttin giddy, so jest waited
| see right smart trade in suit of
clothes for $50 that looked Jest as good
as one my darters husband paid
$35 for down to San Francisco
week afore last. see handsome
lot of things | would like in our front
chamber, and when the old man sells his
wool and the new calf, and we 20 down
to Winnemucca. I'm just goin' to hang
on 10 him and give him no rest until he
gifts ME some. Frank said he would sell
me hull new outfit, and only take ten
dollars down, and that could pay the
rest as fast as | earned it making butter
and selling epgs. I'm blessed If | don't
do il. Here I've lived nigh onto sixty
years and never had nothin' in the house
fit for hocs to see and it's bout time
fixed up if ever I'm goin' to NV gal
and her new bays comm up to the farm
soon and | Jest want to 'sprise her. Won't
old Mrs. Brown stick her eyes out when
she sees me rig up so smart. Gness
she'll think we got rich. They haipt had
nothin' new over ter her honse this ten
Npars. | tell you Il you want to zee how
much Won ca" get for your money, just
60 to +. G. Robins 4 Co. and you will
a most swsller your teeth they are selling
so cheap. Goods that used TO cost four
times as much when was gal, they
now sell for well, say, dirt cheap. I
must go and milk. Good hive and don't
forget +. G. ROBINS 4 co.
are selling ali kinds Of goods cheaper
than any of 'em down to Winnemueca.
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29
rKPAIENrED RAILROAD LA.Ds.

Attorney General Marsh, Of Colorado.
haze given an opinion as to the legality OF
taxing lands owned by the Union Pacific
Company for which patents have not yet
been issued, in which he advises the
assessors OF the counties in which those
lands are situated TO tax the lands at
their market value, and there need be 10
fear that the tax cannot be legally col.
lected. Congress passed All act a. It's
last session to enable States and Terri
tories in which lands given. as subsidies
to railroads are situated to tax them
whether they have been patented to the
81 bsidi2ed roads OF not
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29
FARRAGUI's FLAGSHIP.


The war vessel, Hartford, now lying at
the Mare Island Navy Yard was con.
demned as worthless by the Board of
Naval Examiners. As the Hartford has
history as the old flagship Of Admiral
Farragut, an effort has been made to get
she Secretary Of the Navy to strain a
point and have the vessel repaired. Ac-
cordingly the Secretary had the vessel
re.snrveyed and the Board of Inspectors
report that the vessel is in worse con.
ditien than at first supposed and est.
mate the cost Of repairing her at 50 per
cent of what she cost originally.
,-Asit was the custom Of Secretaries Of
the Navy when ring rule prevailed at
Washington to repair vessels at An ex.
pense two or three times greater than
whas they cost originally Congress fixed
the limit for repairs at 20 per cen. of the
fret cost of the vessel to be repaired. II
the estimated cost exceeds that amount
the Secretary Of the Navy has no discre-
fion in the matter unless he exceeds his
authority. Yet Secretary Whitney is
being rouudly abused because he does not
do that and order the Hartford repaired.
Of course the secretary has precedents
almost without number for expendi &
twice as much for repairing vessels as
they cost when new, but he does not fol,
low precedeDts, unless they are sanctioned
by law, however much he may displease
politicians.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

King Quo OF Bavaria's mania is an IN.
eouquerable desire to shoot peasants.
He is given gun with blank cartridges,
ana peasants, for slight remuneration,
pass within shooting distance, and go
through with the psntomine of falling
when they hear the report OF the gun.
And so the crazy and lately-dethroned
monarch mas been amused.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

JEFF Davis denies the authenticity OF
the letter sent out from Danville, Hill
pols, last week, purportlng to have been
written by him. He says it is forgery,
himson the subject OF the captured flags.
Commander Fairehill has not yet denied
the authenticity OF the words attributed
80 him.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29
the DESERT LAMB ACT

The Desert Land Act, which, we be-
lieve. was introduc in Congress by Rep
resentative w oodburn of this State, was
intended to permit individuals or COM
panies to procure title to as much land as
they could reclaim by irrigation. There
was nothing Objectionable 10 that feature
Of the bill. provided it was observed in
good faith, but investigation shows that
many claimants under the act only in
tended to get title to the land, without
incurring the expense of retaining it.
The General Land office, which is doing all
IN its power to reserve whas is left OF the
public domain for actual settlers, has can
celed ffty-fye desert land CLAIMS, aggre.
eating over So. 600 acres. These lands
were taken up by what. purporsed to be
two companies, but which IN reality was
.snly one. 1t appears that this company
slowed furrow here and there through
she land to represent irrigating bitches,
but had never run water in the burrows,
asd that nothing more had been done to-
ward retaining it, as the object of the
claimants was to secure a large stock
range.
The act was never popular in Nevada,
and bill to repeal it was introduced in
Congress last Winter. Doubtless SINH
lar bill will be introduced at the next
session Of Congress and passed, as the
frauds recently discovered have brought
the act into disrepute in the Interior De-
partment, which is certain to recommend
ats repeal. g -. gg a
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

The OWLS will 50 re no paios to make this the
most enjoyable affair OF the season.
jn25-td
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

Whereas my wife, 3. n. Moore, has left my
bed and board without just cause or provocation
| hereby caution the public not to trust or har-
bor her on my account, as vii, pay no debts
contracted by her. ASA MOORE.
Willow Point, New, May IA, 1887. myl6-tt
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-06-29

The undersigned will he absent on business in
surprise Valley, califo'nia, for three or tour
weeks All concentrations addressed 10 him,
care Of Alex. Wise, Winnemucca, will receive At.
tenton. J. @. HOLLOWAY.
winnenucea, New, Nay d, 1887. II